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I like the whole concept as I’m between a custom shop set neck strat, new tele ultra-luxe, and a PRS custom special. I’m not currently building a Strat with black lace loaded pick guard. I have a tele neck ( Hendricks had one ) but I love the tele ultra luxe bridge. I’d upgrade to one. I did prefer the new build sound over the stock. The dark fretboard always sounds warmer over a blond, I’d try a copper plated lipstick neck pickup too. Great job and I learned a lot from it. Ps. I’m liking the metal pick guard in the ultra luxe. Maybe a roasted neck w/ Mahogany even better feel.

You learnt alot during this build. Also mainly good info for people. A bit long winded but it's a process.

Son muy buenos, como puedo hacer para combinar varios instrumentos a la vez

Hello, can you please share the NEC model Biridge resistors? I like the sound.

That's right. I didn't expect it to take this long. I'm waiting for the equipment to apply the same thing to my strat. I saw your video while we were here. Thank you again. I wish you success in your other videos.... türkiye. ahmet .

been fancing doing similar myself for a while now, thank you for sharing your experience. how much did it cost in the end?

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Nice build. Just recommendation, move kill switch to volume knob location and both pots one position down. No more crowded space below bridge.

Strat looks like Jeff Healey🤘🏼 badass 🔥

Now that's the way to build a partscaster! So many partscasters are indistinguishable from a stock guitar. I love the red on black cold scheme!

i dont hear enough change to justify the work

the idea for the 2 tone knobs for 3 pickups comes from leo fenders idea of how guitars would be used way back in the 50s, originally they had 3 way switches and he was intending for the neck to be a dark option for bass, the bridge to be the bright option for lead playing and the middle being what he called the natural position for rhythm and general playing. Also I'm not too sure I understand the point in all the effort in modifying to retain both the strat and tele tones to only end up putting single coil sized humbuckers in. Still a pretty interesting project nonetheless

editing, build itself and even mentioning presets you've used.. this video is incredible, keep up the great work man \m/

Nice! A few comments and questions: Did you try regular single-coil Tele pickups? That's where you get real Tele sound. I'm not a huge fan of rail pickups be comparison. They probably sound very similar even in a regular strat without the metal base plate. Copper tape: The switch connections shouldn't really make contact, but if they do, you can just put non-conductive tape over the copper shielding. Having said that, the copper shielding won't do much when you're using rails, since the rails are already hum-bucking. In fact traditional Gibson and Fender pickups kind of have that backwards: Fender single coils do hum, but Gibson went thru pain and expense to use metallic shields on their humbuckers. BTW, close proximity, including humbucker covers, results in tonal change due to 'eddy currents.' A separate subject. You can solve spacing and routing for Tele pickups by using a reliable routing template from StewMac (Stewart McDonald). They show the 6 string holes that match up with the hardtail body's string-thru holes. Filling the trem cavity: Some wood fillers and epoxies _will_ work. Some won't. I would never use the stuff in a tub anywhere close to a guitar, or for large fills. But there are epoxies that don't shrink as much. And a question for you: I hadn't seen that wooden 'plug' for the trem cavity before. Where did you find that?

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About 10 years ago I bought a Stratocaster squire beater at a pawn shop for $25. At that time I refinished the body and put in all new fender hardware. I used Seymour Duncan SSL-1 50’s pickups. In the last few weeks I pulled out the tremolo bridge and filled in the the cavity with a wood block and left it low on the front and filled in with JB weld and sanded flat and totally refinished body. I am going to install a top loading Hardtail bridge . I have a fender Mid range boost kit and TBX tone control that I am going to install. I am using the tremolo spring cavity to hide the 9 volt battery which will be rechargeable. Basically I will have a pedal installed in my Stratocaster. This hopefully will be like the Eric Clampton Blackie Stratocaster. Wish me luck.

Greate video mate, as the others have said, this is how reviews should be done 🧐

Excellent demonstration. I watched the whole video. You were very enlightening. I subscribed your channel. I wish you much success.

With your words alone I'm buying 2 of them.the demo was a good one the amp is a bomb wow factor 100%...RocknRollflat5

I am in the planning stages of building a similar guitar. Your video was very helpful. Thanks and congratulations on a job well done.

Good review. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

great video!

Hind sight is 20/20, but you could have just put a layer of Kapton tape on top of the copper tape to insulate it from the 5-way switch and still have a shielded cavity. Good project though.

@4:43 Trigun!

such a sweet looking guitar. as an almost flunk-out electronic engineer graduate, soldering was challenging. just like playing a guitar, practice X3. i love the build. more of this series please.

also GOLD looks really good on black... oh boy.. find an older ultra or the strat is it that had the 24kt gold switch tip? has a set screw so size isn't really an issue... so nice .. its a very cool guitar either way tho...

you didn't have to rip the tap out, all you really had to do was lay black cloth tape in the control cavity over the copper where anything may have been grounding out. yup, sorry.... or route it out deeper?

the best way for a tele bridge strat is to use a rear route hard tail body... no pick guard, no tremolo toure, hard tail, rear routed..

Excellent comment and demo! So happy to own it. :)

What a ton of work you put into your guitar and these videos. Thanks!

It was so nice to watch a real person and not a company shill. You've convinced me that building a guitar is not for me, so you've saved me some money. Thanks! I really appreciate your completeness, and even more your honesty about your errors and the final quality of your build. Well done!

What a labor of love sir. You’re right, it still sounds like a strat.

Thanks, this was great. I get it now.

There is a Squier Sonic strat with a single bridge humbucker for $199.

Happy you don't use ai. Also...nice job!

i been modding extremely cheap guitars for over a decade, and i always have taken pride in my work, dont forget your not the only one doing this @Tsunami red

beautiful build dude! it would look super cool with red paint on the headstock to match the body but that’s just my opinion lol.

Man what a great video. You deserve more subscribers

Tape spinning on a drill was the chefs kiss when the song went crazy

The squier bullet hard tail would be a great starting point for this kind of build.

Where did u find the pick guard can’t find that anywhere

hi Can I pls ask when you use the phones/ Rec Out does it have an audio on the amplifier itself? Im planning on using the Rec out for added speakers thanks

Highly informative! I love your format. I'll be watching more of your videos for sure.

Great video! Been considering this for one of my Strats and this video is awesome showing the process.

I own one, got a demo for 1800 from Gear Hunter (long & McQuade) you did an excellent job on the review, i totally agree. I am looking for an overdrive pedal, but haven't decided on which one yet. Any suggestions? I'm new to the pedal world.

Appreciate your honesty.

Great job on the review, thanks.

this is the best review of this pedal, or any compressor pedal, i have seen, great job, very helpful!

That double cut Tele in the beginning ain't no Nashville Tele... It's an abomination! A Nashville Tele is just a Tele with a Strat pickup in the middle.

Best video on compression giving the listener the ability to "see" it at work. Very good, thank you!